First Apartment
…Well, at least the first paid for with his own salary. This would happen to be my favorite nephew in Tejas.
The apartment had good bones?…Or more specifically, a great window and a greater number than necessary square feet.
This would be a budget makeover. We were cost...

Remodel: Lighting Update.
Yes, I gave it a spin…! The lighting in this home needed updating. The owner of this Addison vacation home was aiming for a playful look. The lighting project was offloaded to Decorating on a Shoe String.
Lighting Vendor.
We ordered this fun lighting fixture from Lamps Plus. It...

Replacing Stair Carpet
Stairs take a beating. How to camouflage the wear? How to avoid changing all of the carpet upstairs? How to take a well-traveled path up a notch? — Patterned carpet!
For this Far North Dallas...

Rearranging existing furnishings.
What to buy for the grand entry? Maybe nothing. Maybe we use what the Allen client already owns.
Maybe we hire piano movers and move the baby grand piano 12 feet into the entry hall. (It...

Beautiful house.
Very nice bathroom.
Finishing touches.
…But a few finishing touches definitely took things up a notch!
Window Treatment.
The wispy shade at the glass block window ties in the with the Master Bedroom’s...

Don’t try this at home!
Click the link below to see folk hero Rusty Brewer’s agility and bravery.
Installing long, long curtains: Not for the faint of heart. These Frisco homeowners hired us to provide and install custom window treatments for their two-story Living Room windows....

The kitchen looks like a party. A Cantina? A patio scene from Mama Mia? Shouldn’t the Pool Bath be as happy as the kitchen it adjoins?
Before
After
We started with paint. Sherwin Williams 6765 Spa for the walls and...

Stairs take a beating. The carpet on this Frisco staircase needed replacing. As the stairs are also right off the entry, a dressier carpet seemed appropriate. This dressier patterned carpet is also quite camouflaging. And...

How about a pretty quick way to get a pretty wood floor! These Plano clients wanted a warmer, more unified, more updated floor. Earlier they had installed new tile in the Bathrooms and Laundry. We left carpet in three Bedrooms and installed hardwood everywhere else. Bella Cera’s American Hickory...

Decorating on a Shoe String, a service for the cost-conscious, has many happy clients in the Dallas metroplex communities of Plano, McKinney, Frisco, Prosper, Fairview, Murphy, Heath, North Dallas and Westlake.
The company was founded by Ginny Andrews 15 years ago and has morphed to offer turn-key residential remodeling and commercial design as well as furniture and accessory selection, re-arrangement, custom window treatments and window products.